Western policies and immigration
The recent boat tragedy off the Greek shores has saddened the entire nation, prompting Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to announce a day of mourning. The fate of many Pakistanis is…
Western silence
The heart-wrenching scenes of Palestinian women, children, men and the elderly have moved millions of people across the world to condemn this use of brute force by Israel against the…
Western powers walk legal tightrope with Syria strikes
Britain, France and the US struck suspected Syrian chemical weapons facilities Saturday in retaliation for a "clear violation" of international law, but experts warned they were on dubious legal ground…
All is not well on the western border
Wise people are experts in making friends while fools create enemies. In the testing times of war and crises, sagacity demands avoiding causing offence to smaller enemies for the sake…
Bans and borders
On Jan 27, 2016, United States President Donald Trump issued an executive order that banned citizens from seven Muslim countries from travelling to the United States. The countries included in…
Borders and martyrs
On June 14, Major Ali Jawad Changezi, a proud soldier of the Pakistan Army, was martyred guarding a border that his great grandparents had crossed more than a century ago.…
Terror sans borders
TURKEY, Lebanon, Russian plane and France: is the world losing to militants? Terrorism’s geographical reach today is truly mind-boggling. Militants hold large territories in three major areas: the Middle East…
Blood borders
What is the world coming to? It is as if the red tide of blood has engulfed the whole world. It is killings, bloodshed and chaos everywhere. And Muslims appear…
Geopolitics of scarcity in South Asia
Pakistan, once recognised as a nation with abundant water resources, is currently confronted with significant water scarcity that poses challenges to its agriculture, economy, and social stability. The per capita…
India’s Afghan gambit
On January 8, 2025, Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met with Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, acting foreign minister of Afghanistan, in Dubai. This meeting marked the highest-level engagement between the…
